schal

schal

1. inflection of schallen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

See the verb schellen (“to ring a bell”). Cognate with German Schall.

schal m (plural schallen, diminutive schalletje n)

1. (poetic, dated) a resonating sound or noise

• galm, geschal, weerklank

From (late and northern) Middle High German schal (“tasteless, turbid”), borrowed from Middle Low German schal, from Proto-Germanic *skal-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to dry out”). Compare Swedish skäll (“thin, weak, bleak”), Old English sċeald (“shallow, flat”), whence modern English shallow and shoal.

• IPA^(key): /ʃaːl/

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• Homophone: Schal

schal (strong nominative masculine singular schaler, comparative schaler, superlative am schalsten)

1. stale (of food and drink: having lost its taste through age, oxidation, etc.)

   Synonym: abgestanden

   schales Bier ― stale beer

2. (figurative) dull, flat, insipid

• Schalheit

• “schal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “schal” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “schal” in Duden online

schal

1. first/third-person singular present of schale

schal c

1. Alternative form of sjal

• schal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• schal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)